Rhiannon Lockley (she/her)
@illdoitanyway.bsky.social
Mum, trade unionist, lecturer, Ed D student | Chair of BCU UCU, Vice Chair West Mids UCU, UCU NEC | Social reproduction feminism, reproductive labour, education activism. V tired.
Waiting for my replacement ballot paper to vote for the amazing Tanya Manyuira for UCU NEC - Further Education Women’s Rep. Everybody votes for equality seats so HE members, make sure you get your papers in! Tanya is principled, brave, hopeful and committed. She is everything we need on UCU NEC!
Nigel Farage put this tweet up then deleted it. Farage criticises the RNLI for saving lives and goes on to say a Reform government will prosecute anyone that aids or abets what he calls “ the invasion of our country!” He then puts up a new post having deleted the last sentence. (See thread)
Kehinde Andrews' Make It Plain podcast: The Lynching of Jason Arday. youtu.be/uPmtCS3MPT0?...
The lynching of Jason Arday
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Our charming garden visitors. The dapper, pretty gent in the tuxedo is Catty Grant, the muscular handsome stripy one is Randolph S’Cat 🐈⬛ 🐈
I feel I should post a #DollyParton tribute this evening, but I can’t think of a direct Ladybird connection. So this is my oblique offering RIP Dolly - and thanks for the books  #9to5 Artist: Ron Embleton
Noooooo….💔👸 Thank you for everything Queen
#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650...
See you tomorrow @bcu-ucu.bsky.social , @markpendleton.bsky.social and @suzitoole.bsky.social ! #NoRedundancies
University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 2mo agoThe only Black staff in their division. The only staff at risk of redundancy. BCU's Board of Governors meets tomorrow. 🔁 Share this ✍️ Sign the petition: bit.ly/4xtsK8l 📢 Get down tomorrow: 12:30, Parkside Building, Cardigan Street, Birmingham to show your support to staff.
Stourbridge and Halesowen very excited for the Black Country boys tonight!
Amazing sunset over Stourbridge tonight 🤩
Court of Appeal judges here demonstrate complete ignorance of the reality of the suffrage movement. Far from operating transparently the militant suffragettes covertly ran destructive arson and bombing campaigns that harmed both property and people. Learn some history before quoting it fgs.
PRESS RELEASE: UCU Hallam secures major win as Sheffield Hallam University drops plans for subsidiary company. See ucuhallam.org/ezm8 for more info.
The only immigrant we need to worry about is the South African billionaire based in the United States who is encouraging this by quote tweeting the UK's most famous fascist who is currently holidaying in Russia.
No ifs, no buts! No Education Cuts! @bcu-ucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk members, students and supporters came together today to stand with colleagues in Architecture, Black Studies and Biomedical Engineering as university leaders met to review redundancy consultations.
Support @bcu-ucu.bsky.social tomorrow at noon. We are calling on BCU leaders to remove all colleagues from risk of redundancy, including - Architecture and the Built Environmentt - Black Studies - Biomedical Engineering It’s not too late!
Horrified to hear there has been an arson attack outside Salma Yaqoob’s family home in Brum and sending her lots of solidarity. This is terrifying.
Kid is off to her first pride in Wolves today ♥️
Legendgamerpro Bigztotch: Happy Pride Flag
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If a white murder victim dies while being treated with unnecessary force by the police, this does not mean the police are suddenly “woke”. It’s a different iteration of the same issues when there are Black deaths & unnecessary force at the hands of the police.
Maria #chondrogianni, UCU president, opening the 2026 #ucu Congress in #harrogate with a barnstorming, inspirational speech and call to action against job cuts, precarity, and broken funding models all across post-16 education
